Background Information on China



Some Internet Travel Sites Specific to Wuhan

http://www.nextstop.com/guide/d5qiALkM2XU/crazy-food-in-wuhan/


Recommended Reading

Oracle Bones: A Journey Between China's Past and Present
By Peter Hessler
River Town: Two Years on the Yangtze By Peter Hessler
Travelers’ Tales China Edited by Sean O'Reilly, James O'Reilly, and Larry Habegger
Eat Shandong: From Personal Experience to a Pedagogy of a Second Culture By Eric Todd Shepherd
China A to Z: Everything You Need to Know to Understand Chinese Customs and Culture By May-Lee Chai, Winberg Chai
National Geographic May 2008

Shagri-La National Geographic May 2009
Return to Chaging May 2008 reprint from 1971

Other

Pimsleur Audio CD Conversational Mandarin Chinese Language Program


Recommeded Podcasts

NPR

On the Road to China
Portraits of a Changing China: Witnesses to Transformation of World's Most Populous Country

China At 60: Finding Flaws In The National Character - The first of a three part series
Chinese Author Sees Breakdown Of Values -Part Two

Janet Wulsin's 'Vanished Kingdoms' Daughter's Book Tells of Mother's 'Extraordinary' Expedition


Others

Democracy Now! The Three Gorges Dam
Think and Talk Like Chinese by Cathy Lu
Learn Chinese Pod
Learn Chinese and Culture
NPR's China Diary "All Things Considered" hosts Robert Siegel and Melissa Block are in Sichuan Province covering the massive earthquake. They continue to report on the aftermath and recovery efforts. The hosts were in Chengdu with producers Andrea Hsu and Art Silverman when the quake struck. They were preparing for a special week of China coverage that had been planned for next week. Follow this blog for regular updates.

Websites


Past Student's Websites

Movies

Still Life
Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress
The Last Emperor
Zhang Yimou (director) movies - NOT ONE LESS
Up the Yangtze
China from the Inside- A PBS productionYoung and Restless in China- A Frontline production